Steering-wheel lock.



l. F. G.I SMITH.

STEERING WHEELLOCK. APPLICATION FILED AuG.2|, m4. RENE'wz asc'. 9. Isle.

1,213,288. VPatented Jan.23,1917.

tion of the tated until the pin 22 registers with the notch :50 of the bolt l5, when the lock is operated to force the holt outwardly which will force the pin 22 biiek against the im spring 2:5 to the position shown in Fig. when the eiip 13 being removed the wheel l() 'may be lifted oil' the post.

While the present invention luis been. de scribed as applicable to automobiles, it

evident, that the nieolxiinisln herein described.

muy be applied to any steering wheel wherever used, as for instance motor lJoiitis or the like.

As many ehiinges could he niiide in the iiliove, Construction und miiny iilngiirently widely dill'erent embodiments; oi the in\'ention eoiild be inode, without departing troni the scope thereof, l intend that all .in-Litter contained in the iilJove description or shown in the iieeonipiinying drawing shall lie inten preted iis illustrative und not in ii limiting nenne.

l, claim:

l., In ii steering wheel loeli, in roinbiniiistion,v i1 steering post formed with :i Slot. therein, ii steering' wheel, nieiim` carried hy said steering;` wheel iidiiptrd to lie engi'ipeil with or dinengiiged from sizid slot wheri'eliy to pliire siiid parts in operiitive or inoperiitive relation iind nieiins eontrolled by siiid engaging means lo hold the wheel troni verliriil movement on the post.

In ii steering wheel lori", in roniliiniiV tion, ii Steering` post 'formed with ii :slot therein, ii steeringr wheel, menos i'iirried liv sind steering wheel iidiipted to he entjiieed with or disengaged from :sind .Slot wliereliy 'to pliiee siii'd pin-ts in operative or inopei-` iltive relation, :1nd -meiineA ciirried liv Suid rpost ilnd controlled by said lirst mentioned means iidiipted vto englfi`i`g.i'iiil ii'lnfel when the hitter is in inoperiitive reliition with the post to prevent the removal of the wheel from the post.

El. ln ii, steering?r wheel lock, in combination, ii steering post 'formed with it slot therein, :i wheel mounted on Suid post, keyeontroled means carried hy sind wheel iidiipteil to engage with or (.lisengiige from siiid Slot, ineiins carried by siiid post adapted to @innige sind wheel when said key-controlled ineiins in disengaged from sind post, Seid wheel engaging' menne being actuated in the actuation ol siiid key-controlled menno, whereby to permit the removal of siiid wheel lroin the shii'l't.

l. ln is, steering wheel look, in combination. ii steering post. hiirine i1 vertieiilly exleni :nh Ilot therein, :i steering: wheel udiipted to' lie mounted over the slotted end of .sind post sind provided iidjiioenl. the lower l'iiri ol its lnili portion with ii oil'eum'lelentiiii rei-eeen :i Spring-pressed member mounted iidji'ieeni. the upper end oll siiid post und hiiving; iti; oiiter end extending through the Hlotled portion tliereo'l' iind into the cire-umlerentiiil riii'ess ol the wheel, i1 loelc ehiimhei extending from the hul) portion of siiid wheel, ii lorli in. Suid rliiimliei provided with ii holt extending into the slot in the post iinil :adopted lo engage the spring-pressed niemlier therein wherelrv siiid bolt in its extended position ndiijted to compress Siiid spring-pressed member-from out the eireumlerentiiil rereszi in the wheel und to look siiid wheel und post together, for the purpoh-e net l'ortli.

In tentimony whereotl il affix my signature in presenre of two witnesses.

JOHN F, SMITH. llitnesneis ll, li. Bnowxn, il'. K. Momie. 

